Definition

1. Verb:
   • To reflect: To throw back (light, heat, or sound) from a surface. This is the primary physical meaning.
   • To reflect / To mirror: To represent or depict something accurately; to show an image or likeness of something, often in an abstract or figurative sense.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Mặt hồ phẳng lặng phản chiếu ánh trăng. (The calm lake surface reflected the moonlight.)
  • Tác phẩm nghệ thuật đó phản chiếu tâm trạng của xã hội thời bấy giờ. (That artwork reflects the mood of society at that time.)
  • Cửa kính phản chiếu hình ảnh của những người qua đường. (The glass window reflected the images of passersby.)

Advanced Usage

• "phản chiếu tâm lý": to be a psychological reflection.
  • Giấc mơ có thể được xem là sự phản chiếu tâm lý. (Dreams can be seen as a psychological reflection.)
• Used in formal, academic, or literary contexts to describe how an idea, work of art, or situation accurately shows the nature of something else.

Variants and Related Words

• Phản xạ (v): to reflect (in scientific contexts, like light or sound), or to reflex (as an involuntary reaction).
  • Ánh sáng phản xạ từ gương. (Light reflects from the mirror.)
  • Một phản xạ tự nhiên. (A natural reflex.)
• Phản ánh (v): to reflect, to report, to mirror. Often used for reflecting opinions, situations, or news, with a stronger connotation of conveying information.
  • Bài báo phản ánh đúng sự thật. (The article accurately reflects the truth.)

Synonyms

• Reflect: To throw back light/heat/sound or to show an image.
• Mirror: To match or correspond to closely.
• Depict: To represent in art or words.

Related Concepts

• Sự phản chiếu (n): Reflection (the image or phenomenon itself).
  • Nhìn thấy sự phản chiếu của mình trong gương. (To see one's reflection in the mirror.)
• Gương phản chiếu (n): Reflecting mirror; often used figuratively to mean something that accurately shows the nature of something else.

verb

1. to reflect